Cry Baby Bridge of Catoosa,Oklahoma on Keetonville Rd.Site #4 by Mysterious Ok facebook

I am posting a wonderful blog on this bridge. By Mr Lawrence Roth,what a treat . I encourage you to drive keetonville road this time of year it is stunning come in from @ 116th on East HWY 20 it will dead end pretty close to bridge. Garth brooks property sits squat dab in the middle of keetonville road. Enjoy the journey and the story. Jeff...

Boggy Creek, in the Keetonville Hill near Catoosa, Oklahoma within Rogers County, flows south into the Verdigris River. A Pratt through truss bridge built in 1910 crosses Boggy Creek just before the creek reaches the river. This bridge known as the Boggy Creek Bridge was bypassed in 2001.

This bridge is associated with a legend of the cry baby bridge. This legend has two primary versions. One of the versions is family appropriate and the other version is not. This legend takes place on Friday, June 13, 1924. A mother, with her infant, had gone to town for supplies. Her home was located on the hill south of the Boggy Creek Bridge. The town store was north of the bridge.

A storm brewed while she was gone. As she raced back home in her horse drawn carriage lightning struck and scared the horses just as she was crossing the bridge. The horses bucked knocking over the carriage. The mother quickly regained her balance but had lost hold on her baby. Panicked she began searching the bridge. She could hear the baby crying but she could not find her. Screaming at no one in particular she demanded to know, "Where is my baby?"

Thinking she heard the baby crying under the bridge she went to the side of the bridge and looked over. She lost her balance, fell into the creek, and was washed into the Verdigris, never to be seen again.

The other version asserts that a young girl was with child and without husband. Her strict family became ashamed of her. She was abused, beaten, and harassed for her sin. Being tormented throughout her pregnancy by her family and some town folks she went to the Boggy Creek Bridge on Friday, June 13, 1924 after giving birth. She took her child and tossed it over the bridge. Then she stepped onto the bridge railing and jumped into the creek. She and her baby were washed away into the Verdigris, never to be seen again.

Regardless of which version is told the final portion of the legend asserts that if you park your car on this bridge on a Friday the thirteenth and turn the motor off, you can still hear the baby crying. Then if make sure to keep your car keys with you but leave the car unlocked and go to the edge of the bridge and yell three times, "I have your baby" a soft blue glowing orb will appear on the bridge.

Since you do not really have the baby, however, this ghostly mother will become outraged and lock the doors in your car. Sometimes she causes the car horn to honk.

This is, of course, just folklore and fun. Unfortunately, the bridge is no longer accessible but the legend still circulates from one generation to another in the town of Catoosa, Oklahoma. Almost every bridge from the early 1900s in Oklahoma has a Cry Baby Bridge story. The interesting thing about this Catoosa story is that a date is given for the event.

Another interesting note is that names have been used in relation to the Catoosa Cry Baby Bridge story. Those names are Bessie and Clissie. Nothing much was thought about this, just that someone took creative license and embellished a bit. Oddly though some people have reported that when they listened to the wind blow through the truss bridge they did not hear a baby cry but a woman whispering the name, "Clissie."

A cemetery near the old bridge had two unmarked graves until 1952. The inscriptions read, "Unknown." In 1952 two red bricks were placed on those unmarked graves. Inscribed into one of the red bricks was the name, "Bessie" and inscribed into the other red brick was the name, "Clissie." Before that, according to a cemetery groundskeeper, a single rose was left each June on those unmarked graves. After 1952 no roses were left again.

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[patrioticpiper]

Good luck keep me posted...Wolfy

[patrioticpiper]

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[patrioticpiper]

My hat is off to you Mr Roth that was the most interesting article I have read on the cry baby bridge of catoosa. Thank you for writing it Your fan J.T. a.k.a the patriotic piper

[Jgr1998]

@mzhunnybunn it's a bridge in ohio where a mother took her unwanted baby and threw it over the edge and they say you can still hear its cries today , if you want more find a book called Cryptics and other creepy creatures in your local libraies and or a book fair if you go to school so yeah

[DislexicWolfy15]

i just went there last night! tried to see if i could hear or see anything.. i didnt so im going back with friends to try and "call" her or something!

[mzhunnybunn]

Whats this cry baby bridge about plz tell me .

[larryroth]

Thanks for posting this video about Cry Baby Bridge. I have been fascinated with the bridge since I was about 18. A Catoosa high school friend had told me about the bridge. I've managed to piece together information about the stories from local people, Internet searches, and the Catoosa Historical Society.

Again thanks. I'm glad some people have found my research of interest.

Sincerely,

Lawrence Roth